Designed by Ellerbe Beckett and SHoP Architects, Barclays Center's mirrored glass and aged steel exterior just a stone's throw away from some of the oldest and most historically significant housing stock the city has to offer.
So as the arena begins to take its final shape in the middle of Brownstone Brooklyn, a question:
Is Barclays Center ugly?
Or is it a welcome, intrinsically modern, addition to the landscape of the borough?